plural of crepe de Chine

A turn of phrase or rhetorical formula, especially one that ought not to be taken literally, but rather as employed for convenience of expression only.

A business card / (dated) A visiting card / (obsolete) A photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card

A French cheese made from cow milk with a smoky bacon flavour.

(obsolete) A bonfire. / A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.

Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals.

Alternative form of folderol / A gaudy thing of little value; a trinket. / Nonsense. / Excessive efforts expended on a something trivial; much ado about nothing.

A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.

plural of aide-de-camp

Exclamation indicating (now often sarcastic) excitement or enthusiasm.